Alpha Lyrics
DON'T CRY(Wetton/Downes)
Hard Times you had before you
I knew when I first saw you
You girl you've always been mistreated,
cheated
So leave it all behind you
It took so long to find you
I know that we can last forever
ever and more, oh,
DON'T CRY NOW THAT I'VE
FOUND YOU
DON'T CRY TAKE A LOOK
AROUND YOU
DON'T CRY IT TOOK SO LONG TO
FIND YOU
DO WHAT YOU WANT, BUT LITTLE
DARLING PLEASE,
DON'T CRY
I knew I'd never doubt it
I was so sure about it
Don't think of all that's been before
I'll hear you when you're calling
I'll catch you when you're falling
Don't worry I will always be there
Like never before, oh
Chorus
THE SMILE HAS LEFT YOUR EYES(Wetton)
I saw you standing hand in hand
And now you come to me, the solitary man
And I know what made us live
Such ordinary lives
The where to go the who to see
No one could sympathize
THE SMILE HAS LEFT YOUR EYES
THE SMILE HAS LEFT YOUR EYES
And I've become a rolling stone
I don't know where to go or what to call my own
But I can see that black horizon looming
ever close to view
It's over now it's not my fault
See how this feels for you
THE SMILE HAS LEFT YOUR EYES
Now there's no one to sympathize
Now it's too late, you realized
Now that no one can sympathize, now that
THE SMILE HAS LEFT YOUR EYES
1st Verse
2nd Chorus
But I never thought I'd see you
Standing there with him
So don't come crying back to me...
NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS(Wetton/Downes)
Plain evil, I know what's on your mind
Never say you're leaving me behind
No trouble, get that from the start
You know the cost of loving is your heart
I would never leave you
I would never go
I would never leave you
Never in a million, never in a million
NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS
Pure pleasure, the love that's in your eyes
You never give me feelings in disguise
Same fever, it comes on all the time
Always lets me know what's on my mind
Chorus
Live angel, you come to me and cry
Like tears of joy come raining from the sky
I'd never leave you, you knew that from
the start
I'll give it to you now straight from the heart
I would never leave you
NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS
I would never go
NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS
Chorus
MY OWN TIME (I'LL DO WHAT I WANT)(Wetton/Downes)
Walking through the snow kicking my heels
Seems that sunlight never felt so good before
Bet you really don't know how it feels
I don't have to answer to anyone no more
And better I've never felt
Nothing to show, but nothing to lose,
I'm on my own
Cast your mind back not so long ago
I was always busy playing by the rules
Bet you really thought I didn't know
You were double-dealing, now you're back
at school
Something you didn't learn
Faith in myself
Gives me the strength to carry on...
I'll do what I want to anyway
I'll do what I want and I'll do it in
MY OWN TIME
Don't give me that same old pack of lies
I'll tell you the story, how it really is
Want me to carry on? ( this line is in liner, but not in song )
You think you always had the upper hand
Someone better tell you that the tide had turned
Getting your fingers burned, how does it feel?
Now it's for real this is the deal
I'll do what I want to anyway
I'll do what I want and I'll do it in
MY OWN TIME is on my side again
And one thing I intend
Is I'll do it in
MY OWN TIME
THE HEAT GOES ON(Wetton/Downes)
You walk tall, got your head in the clouds
You talk soft, but you're thinking aloud
And you know, exactly what you want
You box shy, you're hard to get
You got the face that I can't forget
And I know, I know the heat goes on
I know that
I know that
You play tight, you're nobody's fool
Not cold, but I know that you're cool
Look at you, I know the heat goes on
Now tell me, with your hand on your heart
That you knew, you were right from the start
And you know, you knew it all along
You know that
You know that
Times to decide
Times that I've lied
Problems will never be solved
Which way is wrong?
Which could be right?
This heat will always go on
On and on
1st Verse
2nd Chorus
BETA (Side two begins)
EYE TO EYE(Wetton/Downes)
I don't want to see your picture
On a faded video
I don't want to turn the clock back
To the way it used to go
Can you give me any reasons
Why I made this sacrifice?
When you thought you walked on water
You were skating on thin ice
'Cause we don't see
'Cause we don't see
I don't want to be memory
Just another Anglophile
I would never learn your language
Could it be there's no more time?
Is there any reason talking
'Bout your crazy point of view?
You can't even try to answer
The questions that I put to you
'Cause we don't see
'Cause we don't see
THE LAST TO KNOW(Wetton/Downes)
Standing alone in solitude
Holding your head in your hands
Tears play like rain on your fingertips
Who but yourself is to blame?
How could I offer sympathy
When all I feel is pure rejection
I was the first one to really know your name
And you were the first one for me
But everyone knew but me
You were the first one to ever let me down
And I was just
I was the fool who trusted you
No evil thoughts in my mind
When I see you standing there with him
Who can I blame, for this deception?
Chorus (x2)
Chorus (x2)
TRUE COLORS(Wetton/Downes)
This evening really came as some surprise
It showed me just how little faith
I think back when you couldn't criticize
You sure were glad to see my face
But now your are giving away
your lies
TRUE COLORS seeing them in your eyes
Chorus
For you the tables [sic] turned full circle now
And all those people you call friends
See who defends you when you're down again
Don't count on money-spinners then
They could be my maybe
you'll see them then
TRUE COLORS twisting the knife again
Chorus
You did what you wanted to do
I lived to fight another day
I know what I want you to do, pack your bags
and get away
MIDNIGHT SUN(Wetton/Downes)
As far as the eye could see
From the horizon to infinity
Static forces down the line
Connecting voices talking rhymes
Can't decode nor can define
The signal's perfect indicates a sign
MIDNIGHT SUN
Guiding light
Take the eye
Go skimming
Across the sky
Chorus
As far as the eye could see
Communications were all down
Connecting voices in the air
New formations moving sound
Then came what I could not explain
I felt a hand, turned 'round and saw a face
MIDNIGHT SUN
Guiding light
Take the eye
Go skimming
Across the sky...
Chorus
OPEN YOUR EYES(Wetton/Downes)
What on earth are you doing here, in the
western world?
Another situation, yeah you're a different girl
You have lived your life dreaming you were
someone else
Succeeding's believing in yourself
OPEN YOUR EYES
And see the world that stands before you now
OPEN YOUR EYES
And see the world that stands in front of you
You have spent your days trying for
something new
You have looked at magazine girls, wishing
that they were you
Do you see in photographs an angel that once
was you?
Does she tell you stories that are true?
OPEN YOUR EYES
And see the world that stands before you now
OPEN YOUR EYES
And see the world that stands in front of you
If I could stand with you right now and speak
my mind
I would tell you no lies
I would shoot straight between the eyes
You have stared a thousand times, right into
the lens
Have you ever thought just once, does it all
make sense?
Your beauty is eternal so don't just pretend
Got to wake up girl, or it's the end...
Chorus